Mussleburgh
28-04-2008, 17:29
The People's Republic Of Mussleburgh (The PRM)
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GENRAL
Location:
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea,the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
Geographic coordinates:
39 00 N, 35 00 E
Coastline:
7,200 km
Climate:
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain:
high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Natural resources:
coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 29.81%
permanent crops: 3.39%
other: 66.8% (2005)
Irrigated land:
52,150 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
234 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 39.78 cu km/yr (15%/11%/74%)
per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)
Natural hazards:
severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van.
Population:
71,892,807 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.4% (male 8,937,515/female 8,608,375)
15-64 years: 68.6% (male 25,030,793/female 24,253,312)
65 years and over: 7% (male 2,307,236/female 2,755,576) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 29 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 29.2 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.013% (2008 est.)
Birth rate:
16.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate:
6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.14 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 75.73 years (2008 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$767.7 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$582 billion (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Industries:
textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate:
11.5%
History
After the WW2 the Turkish people felt increasingly isolated from the world. Although their were offers to join the Warsaw Pact and NATO the Turkish people turned them down. Finally in 1953 the peace was shattered when USSR supported rebels started a revolt. There was then a three way civil war between the Neutralists, Fascists and Communists. The neutralists won and set about to create a whole new identity for Turkey. They renamed in Mussleburgh and started playing the Warsaw Pact and NATO off against each other for Mussleburghs loyalty. Since the end of the Cold War Mussleburgh broke its shell and adopted a much more interventalist policy. The economy having been in a slum has been working overload and has one of the highest growth rates in the world. The government has begun setting the developing arms sector tasks to get it up and running again such as the new Mussleburghian Main Battle Tank Program or MMBT. Not only this but high investment in fast railways and transport links as well as the economy, the developing car industry, clothes manufacturing, sport and the newly discovered rare minerals at the bottom of the Black Sea. As the phrased is coined by the new skyscraper developers 'the future is up and one things for sure its bright!'.
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GENRAL
Location:
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea,the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
Geographic coordinates:
39 00 N, 35 00 E
Coastline:
7,200 km
Climate:
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain:
high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Natural resources:
coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 29.81%
permanent crops: 3.39%
other: 66.8% (2005)
Irrigated land:
52,150 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
234 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 39.78 cu km/yr (15%/11%/74%)
per capita: 544 cu m/yr (2001)
Natural hazards:
severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van.
Population:
71,892,807 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.4% (male 8,937,515/female 8,608,375)
15-64 years: 68.6% (male 25,030,793/female 24,253,312)
65 years and over: 7% (male 2,307,236/female 2,755,576) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 29 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 29.2 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.013% (2008 est.)
Birth rate:
16.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate:
6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.14 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 75.73 years (2008 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$767.7 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$582 billion (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Industries:
textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate:
11.5%
History
After the WW2 the Turkish people felt increasingly isolated from the world. Although their were offers to join the Warsaw Pact and NATO the Turkish people turned them down. Finally in 1953 the peace was shattered when USSR supported rebels started a revolt. There was then a three way civil war between the Neutralists, Fascists and Communists. The neutralists won and set about to create a whole new identity for Turkey. They renamed in Mussleburgh and started playing the Warsaw Pact and NATO off against each other for Mussleburghs loyalty. Since the end of the Cold War Mussleburgh broke its shell and adopted a much more interventalist policy. The economy having been in a slum has been working overload and has one of the highest growth rates in the world. The government has begun setting the developing arms sector tasks to get it up and running again such as the new Mussleburghian Main Battle Tank Program or MMBT. Not only this but high investment in fast railways and transport links as well as the economy, the developing car industry, clothes manufacturing, sport and the newly discovered rare minerals at the bottom of the Black Sea. As the phrased is coined by the new skyscraper developers 'the future is up and one things for sure its bright!'.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Levent_financial_district_as_seen_from_Sporcular_Park_on_October_30_2003.jpg